Roger Wicker

Roger Wicker (5 July 1951-) was the US Senator from Mississippi from 31 December 2007 with Thad Cochran, succeeding Trent Lott.

Biography
Wicker was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, and he worked as a US House of Representatives page for US Democratic Party congressman Jamie L. Whitten. He earned a law degree from the University of Mississippi, and he served in the US Air Force from 1976 to 2004, serving in the reserves from 1980 to 2004 as a Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1987, he was elected to the State Senate as a US Republican Party member, representing the 6th district (Tupelo). In 1994, he was elected to the US House of Representatives, taking office on 3 January 1995 to succeed Jamie Whitten. He served in this post until 2007, when Travis Childers succeeded him; he was one of 53 Republican congressmen to be elected that year. In 2007, he became a senator, succeeding Thad Cochran. In 2015, Wicker was the only US senator to vote against admitting that climate change was real, and the final vote was 98 to 1; Nevada Democratic senator Harry Reid did not vote.